ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 148 Lysias, the Messenger of Crotone

The news of the defeat of the Crotone army reached the city of Crotone, and the whole city was shocked.

There was a heated debate in the urgent meeting of the city hall.

The chief general, Milon, scolded Amendolara for his despicableness (referring to the sneak attack) and Melantheus's incompetence. At the same time, he proposed to organize another army to attack Amendolara and restore the prestige of Crotone.

Lysias criticized Myron and believed that it was his order to burn the city that caused unrest in the surrounding city-states and turned them hostile to Crotone. Now that Crotone has suffered a great defeat, it should not use weapons again to avoid being destroyed. to the sieges of city-states such as Locri, Tarantum, and Amendolara.

Both sides have supporters and are at loggerheads.

Half a day later, the news deliberately spread by the Amendolara-Turiyi Alliance (hereinafter referred to as the Tua Alliance) came again: the Tua Alliance captured more than 5000 Crotones, captured Aspurustum and There were about 1000 people in Xiliting, 200 people in Crimea and Castron were captured, and there were more than 1000 freemen and slaves...

The grieving people of Crotone heard the news and saw hope.They gathered together and went to the town hall to pressure the council to ransom their loved ones.

At this time, another news came: Tua Alliance and Tarantum became an offensive and defensive alliance.

Milon finally stopped insisting on his opinion. After discussion, the council finally decided to send Lysias as an envoy to Thurii to redeem the Crotone captives in the hands of the Tua League. If necessary, an armistice could be signed.

Lysias led the envoys to the north by boat. Just in time for a favorable wind, they arrived at the mouth of the Craty River in less than half a day. Here he saw a surprising scene: countless merchant ships were densely arrayed at the mouth of the river, like a river. There are wooden walls, and ships sail out from time to time between the wooden walls, and ships continue to gather from all directions...

Wasn't the city of Thurii burned to the ground?Why are there so many merchant ships coming to trade?Lysias was doubtful.

Soon, his doubts were answered, and a simple fishing boat came up to him: "Hey, are you here to buy and sell things, or are you here to talk about things?" A man on the bow of the boat said loudly.

After receiving Lysias' instructions, the attendant asked: "What do you do?"

"Did you see the pattern painted on the sail?" The man pointed upward with a proud hand. The black hair on the sail was like a flame entwining a cold and shining weapon in the center - it was the double cross, the symbol of Pluto: "Do you know that our consul Lord Davos is a descendant of Hades! My name is Sekerian, and I am now the navigator appointed by Lord Marij, the commercial officer. I am responsible for maintaining the smooth flow of the waterway. You must tell me where you are coming. What to do, otherwise I can only ask you to leave so as not to block the route of the ships behind."

Lysias hesitated for a moment, then made a decision and shouted to the other party: "We are envoys from Crotone, specially come to negotiate with the Tua Alliance!"

There was no abnormal emotion such as anger, insults, etc. Instead, Sekerian looked calm, nodded and said: "You Crotones are really calm, you are here now. Castellon, Crimesa, Siliting The messenger has already arrived!"

Lysias' heart moved, and his attendant asked curiously: "Why aren't you angry?!"

"Why should I be angry? It's because you are from Crotone." Sekrian shrugged: "You burned Turui, but I'm not a citizen of Turui, I'm just a free citizen. On the contrary, I still Thank you very much Crotone."

Sekerian smiled mysteriously, and then said: "I won't tell you more, just go to my boat and don't block the channel."

Secrian's fishing boat led Lysias's boat into the Craty River and sailed upstream.

Lysias looked at the river mouth on the north bank, and could vaguely see several simple wooden docks erected on the shore. Goods were being unloaded from merchant ships one after another, and the goods were transported one by one by pack trucks to the earth fence not far from the dock. The location seems ready for the old town of Barris.

Lysias frowned.When Crotone sent an envoy to question Thurii about why he violated the agreement, all members of the council agreed. However, Lysias was opposed to sending troops to attack Thurii and avenge the envoy. He believed that it was acceptable to accept Tulii. Riey's apology and more compensation have achieved Crotone's goal. There is no need to send troops to fight, which will waste people and money, and worry about accidents.As a result, after the disastrous defeat of Crotone, Thurii finally no longer had to care about Crotone's attitude and began to use the old city of Chisubaris again.

"You haven't said why you want to thank us, Crotone?" Someone in the envoy group asked curiously from the bow of the ship.

Cykrian replied loudly on the fishing boat: "Isn't this obvious! If it hadn't been for you Crotone to burn Turui, there wouldn't be Amendolara allying with Turui, and there wouldn't be Dai. Firth is our consul. He is a descendant of Hades. He has such a noble status, but he cares about the people very much. Not only does he not discriminate against us free people and slaves, but he is also quite friendly, just like he treats citizens! Have you heard of the "Amendolara Immigration Law" proposed and enacted by Lord Davos? Oh no, it should now be called the "Tua Alliance Immigration Law."

The Crotone shook his head.

With an expression of "you are ignorant," Sekerian loudly spoke out the general content of the immigration law, and then said excitedly: "Lord Davers said that this law will be implemented after the initial construction of Turiyi City. . All free people who want to become citizens of Turii and have performed well can apply for registration at the household registration officer. I heard that if you become a reserve citizen, you can join the army and fight and get allotments of land! Now my companions are working hard Work hard, I can’t wait to build Turiyi tomorrow, maybe next time you come, I will have become an official citizen!”

Seeing Sekerian's intoxicated look, some people couldn't help but refute: "I have never heard of any city-state that would allow outsiders to become citizens so easily. Maybe this immigration law is a lie. In order to make citizens You worked so hard for them to make it up!"

"Shut your mouth and don't talk nonsense!" Sekerian was furious: "How can this bill announced by Lord Davos standing in front of all our free people and slaves be false! Who is Lord Davos? Human?! When faced with Thurii's threat, we would rather break off diplomatic relations than pay for the freedom of the promised fugitive slaves! Faced with your Crotone army forcing them to the city, I would rather fight with you than fight with the occupied people. Tourii breaks off diplomatic relations! Mr. Davers has proven with facts that he is a person who sticks to his promises, so I believe what he says, and all of us believe it! If it weren’t for the fact that you are an envoy here to negotiate, I would send you to the Feed the fish in the river!!”

The Crotone blushed and wanted to shout insults, but Lysias stopped his followers from doing so.

Sekrian watched the movement of the ship behind him coldly, and was a little disappointed when he saw that the situation quickly quieted down. He purposely spat loudly on the river behind him, and then ignored them.

Lysias fell into deep thought: As far as he knew, the current number of citizens in Thurii probably does not exceed 3000, while the number of citizens in Amendolara is estimated to be only 4000 at most, and the number of citizens in Crotone alone is as high as 3. There are more than [-] people, as well as the affiliated Asprostum, the alliance city-state Siliting, Corunnia, etc., and their strength is completely different.But if the Tua Alliance can use the tens of thousands of free people and slaves here for its own use, it will indeed need to attract attention.Just in such a hurry to make foreigners from all over the country with different intentions become citizens of the city-state, can their loyalty to the city-state be compared with the aborigines who have been citizens of the city-state for generations?
Lysias was deeply suspicious.

He stared at the river and saw many fishing boats with double-forked patterns on their sails coming and going, extremely busy...

When a towering city wall appeared on the river bank in front of him, Lysias knew that the city of Thurii was approaching. He looked at the towers facing the river on the city wall. In the past, the two towers facing each other were connected by an iron chain, which was quite strange. It is spectacular, and when an enemy ship attacks, the iron chain will be lowered to prevent the enemy from entering the city of Thurii from the waterway. As a result, this time Melanthius used a traitor to directly attack the southern city, leaving the iron chain without any effect. , and now it has disappeared, it must have been cut off by Melanthius... Thinking of Melanthius, although Lysias and Melanthius did not have a very good relationship, and even had completely opposite governing philosophies, After hearing about his tragic end (when he was beaten to death by the people of Turiyi, his flesh and blood were mangled and completely unrecognizable), I couldn't help but feel sad.

Sekolian's fishing boat docked at the dock in Thurii City. He got off the boat first and ran to report the situation to a group of soldiers stationed at the dock.

The group of soldiers, led by the captain, quickly came here.

The Crotones noticed that even inside the city, the soldiers remained in complete formation.

"General, it's time for us to disembark." The attendant reminded Lysias who was thinking.

Lysias came back to his senses and looked around: he had been to Thurii several times. At that time, the port of Thurii City had more than a dozen piers, made of stone and wood, and there were hundreds of ships. When docked, the port area is lined with warehouses, hotels, and residences, making it bustling and chaotic.Now there are only a few lonely stone piers left here, and they are all scorched black. Of course, these are all the work of the Crotone people!
Lucias got off the boat with a calm expression, and the group of soldiers inspected them with the same expression. After confirming that they were the envoys from Crotone, a soldier immediately rode to report to the Senate, and let the envoys continue in the original waiting.

Sekerian returned to the fishing boat and stared at the majestic patrol leader on the shore, feeling a little dazed for a moment.Until his companion came over and reminded him: "Secrian, it's time to leave the dock!"

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